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From: 25 Hives

>And further, I don't know for sure if Monsanto produces "pesticides" as it 
>seems most people confuse pesticides and herbicides.  Roundup is a 
>herbicide, not a pesticide.



Not true.  Herbicides are pesticides, just like insecticides, rodenticides, 
fungicides, miticides, and others. See EPA - What is a pesticide: 
http://www.epa.gov/kidshometour/pest.htm

Here is the official definition:
                                                                             
 EPA Definition

A pesticide is any substance or mixture of substances intended for 
preventing, destroying, repelling, or mitigating any pest. Pests can be 
insects, mice and other animals, unwanted plants (weeds), fungi, or 
microorganisms like bacteria and viruses. Though often misunderstood to 
refer only to insecticides, the term pesticide also applies to herbicides, 
fungicides, and various other substances used to control pests. Under United 
States law, a pesticide is also any substance or mixture of substances 
intended for use as a plant regulator, defoliant, or desiccant.

Dave Green
Coastal SC
Retired 

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